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- Picture Gallery
Collections of the Kunsthistorisches Museum. Egyptian and...
- Imperial Armoury
The Viennese collection numbers among the best of its kind...
- Ephesos Museum
Since 1895, Austrian archaeologists have been excavating the...
- Collection of Historic Musical Instruments
The Collection of Historic Musical Instruments is home to...
- Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
Collections of the Kunsthistorisches Museum. Egyptian and...
- Picture Gallery
Sculptures at staircase. The Kunsthistorisches Museum ( lit. "Museum of Art History ", often referred to as the "Museum of Fine Arts") is an art museum in Vienna, Austria. Housed in its festive palatial building on the Vienna Ring Road, it is crowned with an octagonal dome.
- 1871–1891
- Sabine Haag (since 2009)
- 1,745,070 (2019)
- Maria Theresien Platz Vienna, Austria
- Munkacsy, Apotheosis of the Renaissance. This fresco is on the ceiling of the main staircase. It’s a fabulous trompe l’oeil work by the Hungarian painter Mihaly Munkacsy.
- Klimt Paintings. Although most of Klimt’s most renowned art in Vienna is at the Belvedere Palace and Leopold Museum, you can find Klimt works on the sumptuous staircase between the arches and columns.
- Johannes Vermeer, The Artist’s Studio. Johannes Vermeer was a Dutch Baroque painter known for his masterful use of light and color in his genre scenes.
- Caravaggio, Madonna of the Rosary. Caravaggio was the greatest painter of the Italian Baroque. He invented and used a darker, dramatically lit palette.
The Kunsthistorisches Museum (Art History Museum) was built in 1891 near the Imperial Palace to house the extensive collections of the imperial family. With its vast array of eminent works and the largest Bruegel collection in the world, it is considered one of the most eminent museums in the world.
Mar 20, 2024 · The Kunsthistorisches Museum sits opposite its twin – the Natural History Museum – on the square named in honour of Empress Maria Theresa. The two buildings look almost identical, both completed in the late 1800s as part of Emperor Franz Joseph’s expansive plans for the Ring.
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